Dennis Bangham

Like some teenagers, some will sleep in late.  Wait until June to determine if they will make it or not.

Nice.  This fall I will be enjoying my orchard of persimmon and pawpaw.  

Around 200 trees on a one+ acre lot in a subdivision.  My off button broke.

Tina Gee wrote:I’m hoping to learn ferment/ammendments small scale in my yard before rolling out to my community. Does anyone know if out of date tinned sardines etc can be used to start a compost ferment?

Look into JADAM there is a recipe for using fish.

I am following Dr. Redhawk's guidance by adding Clover, Tillage Radish, Rape Seed and a couple other. After reading the dynamic accumulator (above) I went and bought sugar beets (2lbs for $5) and spread them around my older trees and will make JADAM Liquid Fertilizer out of Sugar Beet Pulp for around my seedlings.
The sugar beets will help add to the bacteria and fungal growth.  Plus I can harvest some to eat.
I also add a couple types of turnip and mustard as green mulch and let them reseed. I have to give some greens away to friends and force them to be healthy.

I like this topic and hope to kick start it back into the discussion. I found a Dynamic Accumulator Database from USDA.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19S3wsjXU6VPzmbklZLVxKt6DCyZIPjCYw6zRrVg7M4Y/edit?gid=662104531#gid=662104531

I know Alfalfa has a good amount of Nitrogen and Beets have a lot of NPK.
I am thinking of experimenting with a 50 lb bag of alfalfa pellets and a 50 lb bag of shredded beet pulp.  
Soak them in an IBC tote and pour around the base of my fruit trees.

Anyone with experience in using Alfalfa Pellets and Shredded Beet Pulp as an organic NPK supplement for fruit trees?  
I am wondering if putting one of these in a food safe IBC tote add water and let it age.  Does this make sense?

You may be scrapping to close to the skin.  I cut them in half and squeeze the pulp and seeds out and toss the rest.  May use the skins as a insecticide in the future.

Trees from the same root stock are called clones. They will not cross pollinate.  However, trees from the same seeds will cross pollinate since there is some genetic diversity.
Kentucky State University has a Pawpaw section with a lot of guidance on how to grow and prepare Pawpaw.  If you can I recommend getting two and planting them 8 foot apart.
Planting that close to a foundation may cause problems.

Search for fruitbook9 on the net.  It is specific to the southeast.  Easy to grow fruit trees are what I did.
Some trees, like pawpaw do not like transplanting.  Get some good rootstock and learn how to graft.  Get scions of named varieties.